Both the men and women’s FINA Water Polo World League Intercontinental-Cups are set to kick-off in Perth, Australia, next week from March 26-31, with sixteen (2x eight) teams that will battle it out in the pool to hopefully secure a berth to the Super Final.

With just a handful of upsets on Week 8, it is no surprise that there weren’t many major moves in the Week 9 CWPA Top 25 rankings. The Top 13 remained in tact. Bucknell moved back into the poll, while Princeton dropped three spots to #17.

In a week that featured 21 matches between ranked teams and four Top 10 affairs, there were just three upsets. San Jose State was involved in all three upsets, topping Princeton, but falling to Marist and Bucknell.

BERKELEY, Calif. – The USA Women’s National Team and Australia begin a three-game series at the University of California, Berkeley, this Sunday at 4 p.m. PT.

The series continues on to the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, CA on August 22 at 5:30 p.m. PT. Action wraps up on Sunday, August 26 at Santa Barbara High School in Santa Barbara, CA with a 2 p.m. PT start in a match that will honor the career of three-time Olympic medalist Kami Craig. For more information on the series see below or click here.

All three games will stream live at Facebook.com/usawp or YouTube.com/usawp and live stats will be available at TheFOSH.net. The USA Women are the #1 ranked team in the world and currently hold every major championship available including the Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World League & Pan American Games.

Australia and Team USA, two longtime rivals who have met in four Olympic Games, get together in preparation for the FINA World Cup, set for September 4-9 in Surgut, Russia. The FINA World Cup will feature the testing of new rules, many of which will also be tested during this three game exhibition series. See below for more information.

FINA Test Rules (subject to change)

Shot clock resets to 20 seconds after corner throws, on rebounds with no change of possession and after exclusions.

Free throws taken from the location of the ball except inside 2 meters